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Post by coachjd on Mar 28, 2010 18:41:57 GMT -6
Between my DC (wrestling coach) we just ordered 4 tugs. Will use them to build some competition in our off-season and in-season drill work. Need to crank it up a notch. Got them for a clinic special of 195.00 each. ![](http://www.thetug.net/Images/RoyalBlue.jpg)
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Post by redandwhite on Mar 28, 2010 19:37:54 GMT -6
The Tug is awesome! We have two that we use as part of our summer program. They really show who the competitors are. The girls in our summer strength program love to get after it as much as our guys do.
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Post by deepball on Mar 28, 2010 20:20:05 GMT -6
I disagree...You can teach toughness. It's a simple matter of mental and physical conditioning with consistency. Kids may NOT be the toughest, BUT, they can be tougher (mentally & Physically). The Foundation, nothing can be accomplished until individuals internalize it. It is achieving what you want, by doing things you don’t necessarily want to do. If you accept it, then those things will become habits and spread on to groups and eventually the whole team. You cannot proceed until you succeed here. Toughness - P.P.T.W.P. “Players Play...Tough Players Win” If we want tough players, We MUST do tough things! Let your players gain confidence in their own toughness required to master the “tough things”. Don’t give in or be fake. The result of gaining confidence in tough things is the refusal to give in or quit until the job (skill) is finished correctly.
We do sled drills (build confidence in doing tough things), an agility circuit (mental & physical conditioning) & a tackling drill (diamond tackle) that we start in close quarters...this builds confidence in physical contact which I feel over time, makes even our softer kids tougher. If I knew how to post video, I have cut-ups of each of them. JMO.
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Post by coachwoodall on Apr 22, 2010 12:44:00 GMT -6
I thought of this thread yesterday in our staff meeting. One of the primary issues we are going to address is 'toughness'
We do something we call the Breakfast of Champions. It initially was more of a team building exercise designed more to foster the development and identification of leaders through physical and mental challenges.
However, this year the staff has decidely shifted the focus to developing toughness.
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Post by mholst40 on Apr 23, 2010 0:19:46 GMT -6
One way to make the kids tough is to push them to their limits daily in everything they do. Our athletes know they must do everything perfect or they will do it again. In that sense, we are creating some mental toughness.
For instance, when we warm-up, if anyone is on the line or ahead of the line, the entire line will come back and do that drill again. Early on this takes time if the players have never had this structure, but eventually they will start taking care of each other, looking down the line and getting people back on their own. We have rules for everything we do in the off-season and if they don't meet the expectations, they redo the drill or exercise until they do. We require 100% at all times.
The No. 1 thing we have done to ensure we are FINISHING and COMPETING is to make sure there is a starting and finishing point for everything.
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Post by mattharris75 on Apr 23, 2010 7:24:32 GMT -6
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